Thursday, January 10, 2013

Well that video game burning plan has been cancelled, thank
goodness.
The SouthingtonSOS released a statement that they achieved their goal by
getting families to talk about violent video games, so they don’t need to
continue with their plan. Oh and they couldn’t really work out the logistics of
the $25 voucher deal.

aka, they weren’t anticipating this much response (really
guys? Do you not have the internet in your town?) and realized really fast that
they were going to lose a butt-ton of money. $25 per game? Go to a GameStop,
grab up all of the used games, and make out like a bandit.

But in this insanity, we are seeing more discussion about
video games on a scholastic level that haven’t turned into bickering back and
forth. Even San Fran is getting back on my good side; thanks guys.
I’m really surprised at The New Republic in their piece because we typically
don’t agree on things. Except this time they brought to the table playacting.
Just Google “Children Lean Through Playing” and you’ll come across thousands of articles about this subject. For so many of us we learn about the world
around us through playing. We work out our thoughts, feelings, life, death,
love, friendship, war, by playacting. It’s more then what any school, any news report,
or any parent can teach us. Video games are another extension of playacting. By
taking them away children will be left with nothing. No seriously. Do you know
how many schools have banned using sticks or making a fake gun using their
hand? 0 tolerance policy. It’s stupid. Sorry, there no eloquence there. Stupid
is the only word to really describe it. But back to the point, by taking away
video games, children will no longer have an outlet to be able to understand
the world around them, thus doing more damage and voiding the reason for
getting rid of them in the first place.

I’m glad there is discussion such as this going on. Let’s
keep it active. I’ll throw in a personal story soon enough.